Summary: The Commissioner found that IPB Insurance does not meet the definition of public authority in article 3(1) of the AIE Regulations and, therefore, is not a public authority
Date: 18-12-2019
Case Number: CEI/19/0033
Public Body: IPB Insurance Company Limited by Guarantee
Article of the Reg.: Art.3(1)
Summary: The Commissioner found that the Council was justified in refusing the appellant's request under article 9(2)(a) of the AIE Regulations. Accordingly, he affirmed the Council?s decision
Date: 18-12-2019
Case Number: CEI/18/0021
Public Body: Kilkenny County Council
Article of the Reg.: Art.9(2)(a)
Summary: Having carried out a review in accordance with article 12(5) of the AIE Regulations, the Commissioner varied the decision of the Department. He found that the Department was justified in refusing access to a record of legal advice under article 8(a)(iv) of the AIE Regulations on the basis of legal professional privilege. He found that article 8(a)(iv) was also applicable in part to two records containing Memoranda for Government but that both records and the related Government Decision at issue qualified as internal communications that were subject to refusal under article 9(2)(d) of the AIE Regulations. Taking into account the public interest served by disclosure, and also applying article 10 of the AIE Regulations, the Commissioner found it appropriate to make parts of the internal communications available to the appellant.
Date: 18-12-2019
Case Number: CEI/18/0029
Public Body: Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Article of the Reg.:
Summary: right to know, right to know clg, rte, Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Date: 06-12-2019
Case Number: CEI/19/0007
Public Body: Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Article of the Reg.:
Summary: None
Date: 05-12-2019
Case Number: CEI/18/0046
Public Body: Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Article of the Reg.: Art.9(2)(a)
Summary: The Commissioner found that ESB was justified in refusing the appellant's request under article 9(2)(a) of the AIE Regulations. He affirmed ESB?s decision accordingly.
Date: 05-12-2019
Case Number: CEI/19/0018
Public Body: ESB
Article of the Reg.: Art.9(2)(a)
Summary: The Commissioner found that Coillte was justified in refusing part of the request because it did not hold certain information but was not justified in refusing other parts of the request on that ground. He found that some of the withheld information is out of scope. He found that the information at issue is environmental information. He found that Coillte had not properly made out a case for withholding that information but he decided, in circumstances where additional records within the scope of the request have yet to be considered by Coillte, that it was not appropriate for him to require the release of the information until the necessary consideration and weighing of the competing interests in relation to all of the information had taken place. The Commissioner expressed the expectation that Coillte will reprocess the request, taking account of his findings and of the additional records that Coillte has since located, and give the appellants a new decision.
Date: 22-11-2019
Case Number: CEI/19/0011
Public Body: Coillte
Article of the Reg.:
Summary: The Commissioner found that it was reasonable to conclude that information requested was not held by the Department following its carrying out of adequate searches and thus article 7(5) of the AIE Regulations applied
Date: 22-11-2019
Case Number: CEI/19/0026
Public Body: Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(5)
Summary: The Commissioner found that the information is environmental information and he required the Department to make it available to the appellant
Date: 20-11-2019
Case Number: CEI/19/0034
Public Body: Department of Defence
Article of the Reg.:
Summary: The Commissioner found that NAMA was justified in refusing access to the information sought under article 8(a)(iv) of the AIE Regulations and affirmed its decision accordingly.
Date: 22-08-2019
Case Number: CEI/18/0034
Public Body: National Asset Management Agency
Article of the Reg.: Art.8(a)(iv)